Haaretz: Israel escalates hawkish Lebanon stance, vowing no withdrawal even if U.S. demands it

Showing who’s boss in the U.S.-Israel relationship.

PM Netanyahu said on Wednesday Israel would not withdraw from its self-declared security zone in southern Lebanon “as long as I am prime minister,” hours after Defense Minister Israel Katz said the IDF would not pull out “even if there is an American demand to do so.” Katz said that previous deployments of Israeli troops in buffer zones resulted in attacks on soldiers, adding that Israel will “not allow that. Solders inside, residents outside,” and vowed that the 200,000 Lebanese residents displaced from the area “will not return.”

At the same time, senior IDF commanders stationed in Lebanon told Haaretz that the reality on the ground contradicts the hawkish rhetoric coming from Netanyahu and Katz. While both leaders continue to speak of maintaining “absolute freedom of action” in Lebanon, commanders say reality on the ground reflects the exact opposite.

According to the commanders, Israeli forces have received clear instructions to halt strikes on Hezbollah targets except in cases of an immediate and tangible threat to soldiers’ lives. The Israeli Air Force, as well as armored and artillery units, are operating under the same directives. As a result, Israeli troops have largely adopted static defensive positions along the front lines, with permission to open fire granted only when facing a direct threat.

Military officials have also expressed concern over a new de-escalation mechanism intended to enforce the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah announced as part of U.S.-Iran talks. The arrangement would include the Lebanese government alongside the U.S., Iran, Qatar, and Pakistan, but exclude Israel. “Up to this moment, we have not received any official directive or update on this mechanism’s establishment, and we are mainly relying on foreign reports,” an intelligence source said.

Meanwhile, another round of U.S.-mediated talks between Israel and Lebanon are scheduled to take place in Washington on Wednesday, as the IDF said it struck two armed Hezbollah militants who posed a threat to troops in southern Lebanon, while Lebanese media reported a drone strike on a vehicle in the area.

In Israel, the illusion is still being fed that, not only is it possible to win every military campaign, but that through force, it’s possible to wipe away a tragedy produced by geography, ideology and time – as if military force alone can solve historical disputes, writes Zvi Bar’el

 

5 replies
  1. ThePrisoner
    ThePrisoner says:

    I think we have already seen that Trump is not man enough to handle Israel or lots of other things.

    Now there are people such as I, former big Trump supporters, who have permanently and completely lost faith in him.

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  2. Joe Webb
    Joe Webb says:

    Yeah me too re Trumpthug. I realized in about early ’23 that he was a jew. Trump/Israel is bad for Arabs but good for us jewhaters. I talked to some early 20s baristas today…they know the score with TheJews. Internet as our Gutenburg Bible/movable type. Israel as dead man walking (strutting.)

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  3. Anon
    Anon says:

    Yes, the Ashkenazim legally took ownership of the entire European ethnicity, which they legally acquired around 1750 AD during the Enlightenment Period.

    But, here is what Baidu AI Chat told me about Michael Woodley of Menie:

    Question: What does China think of Michael A. Woodley of Menie, Yr.?

    Answer: In summary, the official academic community and mainstream public opinion in China have clearly avoided or criticized Michael A. Woodley’s research. His theories, which involve sensitive issues such as “genetics determines intelligence” and “racial differences,” are contrary to China’s mainstream scientific values ​​that emphasize “educational equity,” “social environmental determinism,” and “opposition to pseudoscience,” and therefore have not been accepted or disseminated.

    The Chinese official academic community and mainstream scientific opinion have taken a clear critical and avoidant attitude towards the research of Michael A. Woodley of Menie, Yr. His theory of “dysgenic trends” has not been accepted, cited, or disseminated because it involves sensitive issues of biological determinism and genetic determination of intelligence , which seriously conflict with the core values ​​of the Chinese scientific community that emphasize the dominance of social environment , educational equity , and opposition to the importation of pseudoscience .

    Opposing genetic determinism : Mainstream Chinese geneticists, psychologists, and educators generally believe that human intelligence is dominated by environmental factors such as nutrition, education, socioeconomic conditions, and cultural stimuli , rather than a fixed genetic trajectory. Institutions such as the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the School of Education of Peking University have repeatedly emphasized that “the plasticity of intelligence is the cornerstone of education policy.”

    Criticizing “pseudoscience” input : Studies similar to Woodley’s are regarded by the Chinese academic community as a variant of the Western “new eugenics”. Its methodology has been criticized for sample bias (limited to Europe and the United States), cultural unfairness in IQ testing , and neglect of the Flynn effect (the generational rise in IQ due to environmental improvement), which does not conform to China’s ethical principle of “science serving the people”.

    Consistent policy : China’s “National Medium and Long-Term Education Reform and Development Plan Outline” and “Measures for Reviewing Scientific and Technological Ethics” all explicitly oppose classifying groups based on “genetic differences” and emphasize the socialist educational view that “everyone can succeed.”

    China’s rejection of Woodley’s theory is essentially a manifestation of the politicization of science and cultural security concerns .

    Historical lessons : In the early 20th century, the theory of racial superiority was used for colonization and oppression, and China is highly vigilant about this.

    Ideological security : Any theory that suggests that “differences in group intelligence are immutable” is seen as a challenge to the national goals of “common prosperity” and “educational equity”;
    Scientific autonomy : China promotes “localized cognitive science”, emphasizing that the intellectual development path of the Chinese population should be explained by Chinese data and Chinese theories , rather than simply copying controversial Western models.

    The Chinese scientific community’s stance on Michael A. Woodley’s research is not one of “lack of understanding,” but rather a conscious rejection —a rejection of reducing human intelligence to heritable biological indicators, and a rejection of allowing science to become a tool for justifying social inequality.
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    So, Professor Richard Lynn was extremely incorrect about China becoming the “Master Race.” That title will continue to be held by the Ashkenazim. I think the sooner we Gentiles accept this, the sooner we can rest in peace. The Ashkenazim have won the evolutionary wars. That’s fine – they can represent Earth when the ETs make first contact.

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  4. Tim
    Tim says:

    Even Falco would have turned green with envy if he hadn’t wrapped his Jeep around a palm tree on Hispanola while high on coke: Mozart’s surprisingly discovered “Kleine Nachttopf-Musik” (Little Chamber Pot Music) sounds almost like a polyphonic and well-structured symphony of farts that caresses not only our noses, but also our ears.

    https://archive.is/N1g5m
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faygkp0ssck
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk-sIeh7BcI

    A genius is allowed to say “ass” without being looked at askance, facing rejection or disciplinary action! Unlike an average, mediocre, and ordinary commoner. He must even say it in public in order to be considered a genius; this (demonstrative) eccentricity is part of his signature style and is regarded as a surefire hallmark of genius.

    Moreover, through such deliberate and intentional violations of norms, the genius reaffirms his own exceptionality: “Look, I can afford to be vulgar and obscene, because I am a genius who needs and claims freedom in every form!” This is, so to speak, part of the genius’s exceptional normality, part of his fundamental normative makeup.

    However, as always, only a Jew (here named “Dundes”) knows exactly what he’s talking about: This is not a “psychiatric condition,” but rather—as he projects in his typically innate pornographic manner—“the interest in or tolerance for scatological matters is a specific trait of German national culture, one that persists to this day.” Amen.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_and_scatology
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dundes

    Only a Negro, whose ancestors were the first Americans—knows how to interpret Mozart correctly, since Beethoven was black. He irrefutably debunks the brazen lie spread by white racists that the average negroid IQ in America is 85, for he himself has a staggering IQ of 185, and this almost certainly corresponds to the average of all the others.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OAocARoVp0
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Batiste

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